"Through a glass, darkly": The clinical and ethical implications of Munchausen syndrome

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-

  DeWitt, Dawn E ^a   Bhat, Ravi ^a,b   Ward, Stephanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Goulburn Valley Area Mental Health Service (GVAMHS)   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVACY; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 77449103565     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03411.x     Document Type: Letter

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